‘It would be nice to think that a new year brings some sort of end to the madness, but the truth is that we need to fight as hard as ever.’
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For a brief moment on New Year’s Eve, as we left the garbage year 2017 behind us, I felt a brief respite from the horror. But then came the morning, and along with it the realization that things are going to be as bad as they ever were. Enter “who has the bigger button” tweets and more backlash to the #MeToo moment.

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It would be nice to think that a new year brings some sort of end to the madness, but the truth is that we need to fight as hard as ever – maybe even more so. So I’m foregoing resolutions this year in favor of doing what I’ve been doing all along – what all of us have been doing: getting through another day and keeping steady in the face of national confusion.

When you report this you remember she was human: mother, daughter, sister, aunt. Her heart was bigger than the world. It really really was. She cared when most people wouldn't have. She was good. She only pursued right, no matter what. No one gave her justice.

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